Dakar, Senegal: Protesters and security forces clashed in multiple neighborhoods of the Senegalese capital Dakar on Thursday (Friday in Manila) as an opposition leader appeared in court in a politically charged trial.

Ousmane Sonko is being tried for allegedly defaming a minister, a case that could determine whether he will be eligible to run in presidential elections in February next year.

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